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DE SB5

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Bryan Townsend

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Origin

Senate

153rd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing a fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including decisions about prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care

  • Prohibits the state from denying, burdening, or infringing upon an individual's right to reproductive freedom

  • Permits state regulation of abortion care after fetal viability, but prohibits banning abortions deemed medically necessary to protect the pregnant individual's life or physical or mental health based on a treating health care professional's good-faith medical judgment

  • Requires two-thirds approval from both houses of the General Assembly to pass, as mandated by Delaware's constitutional amendment process

  • Serves as the first leg of the amendment process; must be passed again by the next General Assembly after the next general election to take effect

Legislative Description

An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article I Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To The Right To Reproductive Freedom.

Last Action

Assigned to Administration Committee in House

3/12/2025

Committee Referrals

Administration3/12/2025
Health & Social Services3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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